MAYOR'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3253, 10 July 1872, Page 2

MAYOR'S COURT.

I Monday, Bth July. (Before His Worship the Mayor.) Drunk ano Incapahlk.—John Connor was. discharged with acantion; John Bripgs, James Smith, Nf.irtin Warren, WiFliom Connolly, and Alexander Allan, for this offence,, were each fined y», -with the alternative of 24 hotiftt' imprisonment. Qambwn« ik i A Public House.—ToT> Wain, sen., was charged with having, on the night of the 4th inst. allowed a raffle to take place in hiR licenßed house, the Tioyai Hotel. His .Worship remarked that there< wasr *in> doubt that an evasion of the law had tnticm place, but there certainly were mitigating circumstances in connection with it. JFLe thought a nominal fine would he- snfficienfc to meet the case, and fined defendant Is. . QWKSVK* AdAIXST THE 'BYK-LA.WS. Charges againut Robert Nealo for leaving hie express unattended m I'rinccs street, and Isaac Cadzlcy, for drh'ing across a footpath, were adjourned till this morning. J. A~ lleekie, for leaving 1 is horse unattended, was fined 10s and eoei«. William Shcvdy and Henry Spears, for driving across the footpaths, weroeaeh fined 2b 6rt and cotitH. Patrick O'Brii-n and Alfred Hellier, for allowing their chiinneyß, to catch fire, were mulcted in the; penalty of 2s Od. A charge against Donald Manson, for^not having Bamcicnt reins, and two trifling ones 'agajnafe Thomas Wood and Charles Lockhari, weredismissed.- .' (Before T. N. Watt, Esff., R.M.) City,. Corporation v.. Kelly.—The. defendant,was summoned for dislurhing tho footpaths, aii attejHptiug in' liiy nuvr rj?as pijjesF, .without pcrmlfision of .-the Ctjrporitioji.^ Mr Smith 'apipeaMsd for bbfaiplninamtii, mafhir Cook for defendant.' The Mnjeistratethonght the case fully proved, and inflicted a ..Bee of os and costs. i TtfEsr>Ay, Oth Jci-y. (Before His Worship the Mayor.) ,ftauKKKNXJBSS.—Robert iragen was.finwl lOs,, or, failing payment, was jßentencoa to be imprißoncd for .48 hoove. .'' ; Uyb-i-iw Casks: —TSobcrt Keale waa summoned for leaving Jus'liprse 'and express wacgon nnatfanded,' without uecuring the wheel ofithe;V^oj)l':.:;Th^;.Si'aß.a cane that Iwdb^cri frona,tUe; previous day. as the deffidant'wislietl'to produce evidence to contradict that given by tlie.poltce.Bvi~

deuce having he*m given, the Bench considered that the defendant's witne«#cK did not disprove -wliat tbe police had said, and that, they were hot present that minute. The case wo» nvt of fnrcat tnagoitudv, s»«l might aa well have been settled on tho previous day. Berjiit. Mallard said that he went no far into the matter, as if the police spoke what was untrue in the box they deserved to be nevcrely ccrwnrd. His orahip Ji.vl not tho Hlfglttcnt reason to think that the evidence of the police was untrue. The case was flifl/niiiwed with a caulimt. J*aacCasely, for driving hh hone acrosKtbe footpath, was finwl 2h tit]. A charge against Jarncft W. Cotton, of removing the surface of the footpath, wan, under the circamxtancoa, di»mimeA with a caution..